Movie Fail

[mizarchivist]

I had been pretty excited to watchTinker Tailor Soldier Spy when it came out. I didn't but expected I'd catch it on cable, which culminated in me watching it this evening. I had been keen particularly because cloak and dagger spy stuff was beloved in my house growing up. I had a fair number of books on tape with Ken Follet and John Le Carre. Possibly not the best for pre-teen entertainment, but it's a little late to quibble now. TTSS was not one whose plot stuck with me the same way that Key to Rebecca  or Man from St. Petersburg had.  Between the stellar cast and the nostalgia of the source material, why not?
Triggers/spoilers-

Except within the first 5 minutes, a mother is killed in the cross fire in a sting gone wrong. While she's nursing her baby. I should have stopped there, except my logic was: it can't get worse for me. Except for when a tertiary character beats up his common law wife on the screen. 


Despite the setting, the portrayls, the cinematography feeling very authentic and true to the original story, these random acts of awful and the tortoise-like pace were enough to have me running for Big Bang Theory to reset by. I just don't have the patience or stamina for it all. Sorry, Benedict Cumberbatch. I promise I'll watch all of The Hobbit. (Not like his part in it is overly riveting. It is all about Gary Oldman, as it should be.) 

Comments

Sorry about that

[drwex]

Thought I had provided adequate warning on the pacing of TTSS, though I didn't realize the triggery issues.

Re: Sorry about that

[mizarchivist]

You almost certainly warned me about the pacing, but that did not get past the buffer into the memory file.

Triggers, well. Mine aren't always going to be yours and vice versa. Of course. They weren't super-traumatic, but they were not fun and I'm glad I didn't bother to finish the film.

Re: Sorry about that

[drwex]

Nod. While we were on the trip to NY Pygment and I started to watch Munich which, given the intense interest in the subject matter and the people involved (Kushner writing, Bana and Craig acting) ought to have been great. But it went on and on and moved so slowly that we kind of gave up. Still haven't gone back to finish it, which is highly unusual for me.